The SycN/YscB chaperone-binding domain of YopN is required for the calcium-dependent regulation of Yop secretion by Yersinia pestis

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Joseph, Sabrina S ^a   Plano, Gregory V ^b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogenesis; Chaperone; Plague; Type III secretion; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YERSINIA OUTER PROTEIN N;

ARTICLE; CHAPERONE BINDING DOMAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECRETION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TYEA BINDING DOMAIN; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84884830027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00001     Document Type: Article

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